Janeen Brian
Janeen Brian is a South Australian writer of children's books. A primary school teacher prior to 1990, when she started writing full time, she published her 100th book in September, 2016.
Brian's work for middle school children Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son has been adapted to a stage production by Monkey Baa Theatre Company, with shows in regional Victoria and the Sydney Opera House.
Awards
Pilawuk-When I Was Young won a CBCA Eve Pownall Honour Award 1997.Where Does Thursday Go? won a CBCA Honour Book 2002: Early Childhood for ages 2-6.Hoosh! Camels in Australia shortlisted in the CBCA Eve Pownall Award 2006.Look, Baby! won the 2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year for Birth to three years.Works
Children's books
Pilawuk-When I Was Young Era Publications- Where Does Thursday Go? Scholastic Australia Hoosh! Camels in Australia ABC Books Oddball Walker Books That Boy, Jack Walker Books Australia I'm A Dirty Dinosaur Penguin Books I’m A Hungry Dinosaur Penguin Books Yong Journey of an Unworthy Son Walker Books Australia Eloise and the Bucket of Stars Walker Books Australia The Fix-it Princess Walker Books Australia